Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Omaha Mavericks
72 – 69
FINAL Conference
Denver Pioneers
Summit League · Baxter Arena · February 18, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread DEN -1.5 Home covered
O/U 148.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total OMA win
Actual OMA +3 141 Won
Massey DEN -4.5 (+7.5) — —
Massey Totals — 150.3 (-9.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 36% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 27% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DEN -2.9 (+5.9) 147.8 (-6.8) 45% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML DEN -3.4 (+6.4) 150.0 (-9.0) 34% ✗
Baseline ML DEN -3.2 (+6.2) 152.3 (-11.3) 35% ✗
Baseline Plus ML DEN -3.8 (+6.8) 151.3 (-10.3) 40% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 15, 2026 OMA 83 – 76 DEN
Jan 31, 2026 OMA 84 – 82 DEN
Feb 2, 2025 OMA 78 – 69 DEN
Jan 16, 2025 OMA 80 – 62 DEN
Mar 12, 2024 DEN 66 – 63 OMA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OMA DEN
Overall 5-25 11-21
Conference 4-14 7-11
Home 5-9 6-7
Away 0-15 4-12
Neutral 0-1 1-2
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 69.7 70.6
Avg Pts Against 84.4 74.8
Massey -15.3 (#352) -8.0 (#297)
Bradley-Terry -2.72 (#347) -1.67 (#305)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.55 (#350) -2.02 (#301)
RPI 0.396 (#337) 0.412 (#320)
Shooting & Four Factors OMA DEN
FG% 42.5% 45.3%
3PT% 34.7% 36.5%
REB / G 32.5 32.7
OREB / G 8.6 8.0
AST / TO 0.83 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.6% 51.8%
TOV% 18.8% 19.2%
ORB% 23.6% 24.6%
FT Rate 20.7% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.4% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 16.6%
DRB% 70.2% 72.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.2% 24.1%

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